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Listen	Studio 13 Jass Band The Studio 13 Jass Band is part of a long tradition of Bay Area artists who also play music. Founded in the late 1940s at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI, then called the…	January 2013	Wally Hedrick, David Park, Elmer Bischoff
Listen	Gary Tinterow on the influence of Cézanne's Bathers Curator Gary Tinterow on other artists' admiration for Paul Cézanne's Bathers. Part of the special exhibition mobile tour for The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the…	June 2011	Paul Cézanne
Listen	Janet Bishop on early reactions to Femme au chapeau Curator Janet Bishop discusses the original shock value of Henri Matisse's Femme au chapeau. Part of the special exhibition mobile tour for The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and…	June 2011	Henri Matisse
Listen	Henri Matisse's Boy with Butterfly Net: a token of friendship Curator Janet Bishop discusses Boy with Butterfly Net and the deep friendship between the Matisse and Stein families. Part of the special exhibition mobile tour for The Steins…	June 2011	Henri Matisse
Listen	Pablo Picasso's Carnet 10 and the artistic influence of Henri Matisse Curator Janet Bishop discusses Henri Matisse's influence on the evolution of Pablo Picasso's style. Part of the special exhibition mobile tour for The Steins Collect: Matisse,…	June 2011	Pablo Picasso
Listen	Marie Laurencin's Group of Artists: a portrait of Picasso's circle Curator Janet Bishop and art historian Emily Braun discuss Laurencin's depiction of Picasso and his friends. Part of the special exhibition mobile tour for The Steins…	June 2011	Marie Laurencin
Listen	Pablo Picasso's The Architect's Table and the origins of cubism Curators Janet Bishop and Gary Tinterow on Pablo Picasso's painting The Architect's Table and the beginnings of Cubism. Part of the special exhibition mobile tour for The Steins…	June 2011	Pablo Picasso
Listen	Hilary Spurling on Matisse's Portrait of Sarah Stein Matisse biographer Hilary Spurling describes the artist's portrait of Sarah Stein. Part of the special exhibition mobile tour for The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the…	June 2011	Henri Matisse
Listen	Janet Bishop on Juan Gris's Flowers Curator Janet Bishop discusses Juan Gris's Flowers in the context of the artist's profound contributions to Cubism. Part of the special exhibition mobile tour for The Steins…	June 2011	Juan Gris
Listen	Femme au chapeau's Journey to SFMOMA Curator Janet Bishop on how Henri Matisse's Femme au chapeau came into the collection.	March 2011	Henri Matisse
Listen	SFMOMA curators discuss Alphabetized Curators Jennifer Fletcher and Apsara DiQuinzio discuss Tauba Auerbach's Alphabetized Bible.	January 2011	Tauba Auerbach
Listen	Rosana Castrillo Díaz's mica mural Artist Rosana Castrillo Díaz discusses the role of light in her 2009 mural commission for SFMOMA.	January 2011	Rosana Castrillo Díaz
Listen	Tacita Dean on Beauty Artist Tacita Dean discusses taking portraits of two trees, Majesty and Beauty.	January 2011	Tacita Dean
Listen	About Learning to Love You More Artists Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July on the genesis of their participatory, online artwork, Learning to Love You More.	January 2011	Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July
Listen	Fletcher and July on Learning to Love You More Artists Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July discuss being "fans of their audience".	January 2011	Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July
Listen	Bill Fontana on Sonic Shadows Artist Bill Fontana on his site-specific sound installation, based on SFMOMA's fifth-floor pedestrian bridge.	January 2011	Bill Fontana
Listen	Apsara DiQuinzio on Sietsema's Calendar Sticks Curator Apsara DiQuinzio discusses Paul Sietsema's meticulously re-crafted artifacts.	January 2011	Paul Sietsema
Listen	Apsara DiQuinzio on Sietsema's The Famous Last Words Curator Apsara DiQuinzio discusses Paul Sietsema's "message in a bottle".	January 2011	Paul Sietsema
Listen	Stephanie Syjuco's Shadowshop Artist Stephanie Syjuco on the complexities of creating a store inside a museum.	January 2011	Stephanie Syjuco
Listen	Peter Wegner's map of nowhere Artist Peter Wegner describes his exploration of "nameless" places in his work The United States of Nothing.	January 2011	Peter Wegner
Listen	Peter Wegner and neon Artist Peter Wegner considers his relationship with neon, reflecting on both his personal history and his work.	January 2011	Peter Wegner
Listen	John Zarobell on Claes Oldenburg's sculptures Curator John Zarobell discusses artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's monumental sculptures of everyday objects. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's…	June 2010	Claes Oldenburg
Listen	John Zarobell on Oldenburg's small-scale studies Curator John Zarobell discusses the small-scale studies by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile…	June 2010	Claes Oldenburg
Listen	John Zarobell on The Store Curator John Zarobell discusses artist Claes Oldeburg's guerrila art action, The Store. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Claes Oldenburg
Listen	Gary Garrels discusses Sigmar Polke's mythical paintings Curator Gary Garrels discusses artist Sigmar Polke's series of five paintings entitled The Spirits That Lend Strength Are Invisible. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile,…	June 2010	Sigmar Polke
Listen	Robert Storr on understanding Gerhard Richter Curator Robert Storr on the early photo paintings by artist Gerhard Richter. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Gerhard Richter
Listen	John Zarobell on Ed Ruscha Curator John Zarobell on the relationship between artist Ed Ruscha's silhouette paintings and his signature text paintings. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's…	June 2010	Ed Ruscha
Listen	Tom Marioni and Richard Serra on Serra's Prop pieces Artist Tom Marioni speaks about his first encounter with Richard Serra's prop pieces, and Serra offers his own take on the peculiar physical quality of these works. Part of Making…	June 2010	Richard Serra
Listen	Richard Serra on his use of steel Artist Richard Serra considers his long history with his most common material: steel. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Richard Serra
Listen	SFMOMA curators on Joel Shapiro Curators John Zarobell and Gary Garrels discuss the work of sculptor Joel Shapiro. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Joel Shapiro

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